Julian was first elected MP for New Forest East in 1997.On 8 June 2017, he was re-elected with a majority of 21,995 andon 12 July 2017, he was re-elected Chairman of the Defence Select Committee,by his fellow Members of Parliament, by 305 votes to 265.

Julian and Defence Select Committee Deputy Chairman John Spellar MP at Farnborough Air Show

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"Julian Lewis has a formidable reputation in the field of defence and disarmament. He led the challenge to dangerous unilateralism in the Eighties, and was proved right on this crucial issue. Julian is held in very high regard by defence experts and has brought this real experience and expertise to my Front Bench team."— Rt Hon David Cameron MP, February 2010

For Julian's February 2011 exchange with Prime Minister David Cameron on Trident renewal and
Continuous At-Sea Deterrence, click here.

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For Julian's major 2012 paper on Strategy for Afghanistan, published in the US DoD journal,Joint Force Quarterly, click here.

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For his widely-reported 2015 speech on airstrikes in Syria after the Paris atrocities, click here.

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For his 2017 Speaker's Lecture, covering many major Defence issues, click here.

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And for his 2017 Lecture on Backbench Parliamentary Politics, click here.

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Julian was elected as the Conservative MP for New Forest East in May 1997. He was re-elected in June 2001 and – with successively increased majorities – in May 2005, May 2010, May 2015 and June 2017. From November 2002 until May 2010, he was the Shadow Defence Minister for the Royal Navy, the nuclear deterrent and strategic issues. He held this post continuously, except for a period as Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office between September 2004 and the 2005 General Election.

For Julian's first speech after the change of Government in 2010, click here; for his discovery of the truth about Coalition negotiations, click here and here; for his speech opposing the trebling of University tuition fees, click here; and for his speech against taking the New Forest out of public ownership, click here.

For Julian's main speeches on Syria in 2013, click here and here. To watch his interview on the BBC in June 2013, warning that a vote for military action would fail in the House of Commons, click here; and to watch his speech in the key debate on 29 August 2013, click here and move the cursor to the 1 hour and 8 minute point.

The New Forest East constituency was created at the 1997 General Election. A fifth of its electors came from the former New Forest seat; four-fifths came from the former Romsey and Waterside seat. A full description of New Forest East was included in Julian's maiden speech.

Contact Julian by writing to him at:
House of Commons, Westminster, London SW1A 0AATelephone: 020-7219 4179 [Constituency correspondence is not carried out by e-mail]